May...knits and more!!!

Evan 1st Communion w/Father Jeff May 3, 2008






Henry 1st communion w/Father Mike April 2008

Baseball season is here!!! Ethan swings at the plate at City Park tourney May 3-4, 2008

Lace Leaf shawl from Colinette Jitterbug Toscana sock yarn April 2008

Provence lace cardigan from Classic Elite Yarn site 6-9mo Caron Simply Soft May 2008

Lace Leaf shawl b4 blocking

Sweetheart ruffled db strand(green & white) Bernat Baby Softee 3-6mo from Rainbow Knits for Kids book May 2008

3rd Sirdar lace May 2008 Bernat Baby Softee pearl buttons May 2008

started my 1st shawl - Lace Leaf by Evelyn Clark April 2008

Picot-edged Tulip lace started in Mesa (March) sewn together May 2008 ~ Bernat Baby Softee 3-6mo Daddy's Little Girl book

Knitting, knitting, knitting everyday!!!

Sirdar lacey bonnet to accompany the sweater (Caron Simply Soft) finished April 15, 2008 w/icord ties #5 needles

Watercolor worsted acrylic (RedHeart) made up in a 2nd garter stitch (Beribboned) pattern using 10.5 needles...3T (28" chest) for my gd Greta!

Caron Simply Soft in garter stitch (Beribboned) baby sweater pattern using #9 needles...2T finished April 12, '08

this is the 2nd lacey Sirdar sweater set (hat finished 4-15-08) just like Monica's outfit!

pastel cotton 'Petal' dishcloths that i made in Mesa (march'08)...could be used as baby dresser doilies

this is Monica in her lacey sweater/hat set i made her for her birth! she has finally grown into it! her mom, Sheri, says she gets lots of compliments on it! i was so glad she wore it to the Regina music program so i could take this pic of her April 6, '08.

Birthday Jewelry-Making!

Alison at her bench @ Museum of Art in Mesa!

'3rd hand'

heating up the back

sawing the edges

rasping the back

burnishing the stone

2nd polish w/rouge

Gaspiite stone from Australia! This is the ring Alison made me for my birthday today! Thank you Alison!!!

Harmonica Band!!!

Nostalgics Trio + One provided entertainment at Fiesta Village March 5, 2008...I had never heard a harmonica band and loved their music! I visited w/them after...these are serious musical instruments!!
modulating harmonica








& expensive gold harmonica








world's 'tiniest' harmonica
and he played it for me!!








plus his stone covered harmonica
the Chicago drummer said I was a 'knit'wit!!!

bass harmonica - just like rhythm/blues!!








The Armed Forces medley and Maleguena were my fav!

MESA at last!!!

These pics should be a contrast to the snow pics!

"Play Ball!" statues in front of Hohokam Park in Mesa...
Reniassance Theatre provides the Star Spangled Banner...

Derrek Lee @ bat!!!

Feb ICE~SNOW~COLD~and 'Robin'!!

We have truly had the Winter of '08!

Several blizzards left 6-10"

My neighbors will marvel at the size of this icicle!!!

A 'well-endowed' robin sat on the tree branch today, then perched on St.Francis' head for a respite! (in Feb below zero)

Ethan's BB tournament...

Ethan's Regina 4th grade BB team @ tournament in WestBranch
Feb 2, 2008

Regina won the tourney w/medals!

Ethan

Ethan's cheering section:

Evan, Ethan,

mom-Teresa, Gma Sandy,
Gma Bev, GGmaWilliams,

Papa Terry, Gpa Terry, dad-Chris

(cousin Henry-not pictured)

G'ma & Greta to exercise class!!

G'ma Linda took Greta to her 1st 'gym' class earlier in Jan!! This is the 'jungle party room' mural where b-day parties happen!! We went around the gym circuit and Greta jumped in the 'pit' 3 times!! She is growing up so fast!!

Golf Club covers...

I made golf club covers for my son-in-laws since they both golf seriously. As more gsons start playing golf more seriously, I'm sure I will be making more of these~~ 'Spiral Rib' pattern from the web.

end of 2007 ... a very good year!

Character...

IOWA CITY!

from the Yahoo homepage today...

http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/best_cities_to_educate_your_child.html

...4. College Town
Colleges and universities are great white-collar employers. In fact, there is a big connection between research-oriented universities and healthy economies. Two historic examples are Stanford University's boost to the growth of Silicon Valley high-tech enterprises in San Jose and the Bay Area, and MIT's faculty and alumni, who started electronics firms along Route 128 outside Boston.
Any place can be a college town if it has at least one institution of higher education.But if you weight each person attending local colleges by the number of years needed to get the highest degree offered (that is, associate of arts enrollment is weighted by two, bachelor degree enrollment by four, master's degree enrollment by six and doctoral enrollment by nine), you come up with a wide range of numbers.
Places like College Station-Bryan, Texas; Iowa City, Iowa; Lawrence, Kan.; and Columbia, Mo., come out very high on this criterion. Alas, there's only one game in town in Ames, Iowa (Iowa State University), in College Station-Bryan (Texas A&M), in Lawrence (University of Kansas) and in Columbia (University of Missouri). Something else is needed to reward higher-education variety.